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  2. Employee benefits - Wikipedia

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    United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom, employee benefits are categorised by three terms: flexible benefits (flex) and flexible benefits packages, voluntary benefits and core benefits. "Core benefits" is the term given to benefits which all staff enjoy, such as pension, life insurance, income protection, and holiday.

  3. Retirement plans in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Types of retirement plans. Retirement plans are classified as either defined benefit plans or defined contribution plans, depending on how benefits are determined.. In a defined benefit (or pension) plan, benefits are calculated using a fixed formula that typically factors in final pay and service with an employer, and payments are made from a trust fund specifically dedicated to the plan.

  4. Ordnance Survey - Wikipedia

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    Pollokshaws on Roy 's Military Survey of Scotland (1747–1755) [1] The Ordnance Survey ( OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. [2] The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see ordnance and surveying ), which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising of 1745.

  5. Employment Rights Act 1996 - Wikipedia

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    Employment Rights Act 1996. An Act to consolidate enactments relating to employment rights. The Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18) is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament passed by the Conservative government to codify existing law on individual rights in UK labour law .

  6. Local education authorities in England and Wales - Wikipedia

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    Local education authorities ( LEAs) were defined in England and Wales as the local councils responsible for education within their jurisdictions. The term was introduced by the Education Act 1902 which transferred education powers from school boards to existing local councils. There have been periodic changes to the types of councils defined as ...

  7. Employment contract - Wikipedia

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    Employment contract. An employment contract or contract of employment is a kind of contract used in labour law to attribute rights and responsibilities between parties to a bargain. The contract is between an "employee" and an "employer". It has arisen out of the old master-servant law, used before the 20th century.

  8. Economy of England - Wikipedia

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    Financial services in the United Kingdom contributed a gross value of £86 billion to the UK economy in 2004. It creates significant benefits for the England, UK, European and global economies. The industry employed around 1.2 million people in the third quarter of 2012.

  9. Employee trust - Wikipedia

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    An employee trust is a trust for the benefit of employees. The employees that an employee trust benefits are usually defined by reference to employment by a particular company (or group of companies). In addition to employees, the beneficiaries may, under the terms of the trust, include some or all of former employees (of the relevant company ...